2 eepros + erros

[Gregory R. Warnes]

I've got 2 eepro100 cards in my Dual P-II.  Onne is connected to the
outside world by a 100MBS switch.  The other is connected to the rest of
the beowulf via  another 100MBS switch. I'm getting rather consistent
problems with the card to the external world failing.  My logs contan the
following messages, repeated ad nausium:

Jan 24 04:02:08 queenbee kernel: eth0: Trying to restart the transmitter...
Jan 24 04:02:08 queenbee kernel: eth1: Transmit timed out: status 7048 0000 at
994989/995004 command 000ca000.

Oth thing that consudes me is that one message says eth0 and the other
eth1.  Is the driver getting confused?  

It does seem that both cards are using the same interrupt (18):
(Startup info from the eepro100 driver)

eth0: Intel EtherExpress Pro 10/100 at 0xef40, 00:A0:C9:8A:10:75, IRQ 18.
  Board assembly 678400-001, Physical connectors present: RJ45
  Primary interface chip i82555 PHY #1.
  General self-test: passed.
  Serial sub-system self-test: passed.
  Internal registers self-test: passed.
  ROM checksum self-test: passed (0x49caa8d6).
  Receiver lock-up workaround activated.
eth1: Intel EtherExpress Pro 10/100 at 0xef20, 00:90:27:17:D7:F6, IRQ 18.
  Board assembly 689661-004, Physical connectors present: RJ45
  Primary interface chip i82555 PHY #1.
  General self-test: passed.
  Serial sub-system self-test: passed.
  Internal registers self-test: passed.
  ROM checksum self-test: passed (0x24c9f043).
  Receiver lock-up workaround activated.

What should I try?

Possibly Pertinent System Info:

	ASUS Dual Pentium-II MB
	2 x PII-300
	512 MB ECC SDRAM
	Buslogic SCSI card
	Two SCSI HD (one standard on wide)
	
	Switch to outside world : Synoptics 28115 10/100 
		non-auto-switching set to 100 MBS
		(I don't know the duplex, suspect full)

	Switch to beowulf: Matrox Shark with 6 10/100 ports
		non-auto-switching ports set to 100MBS/Full Duplex



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